Managing director ML Nathasit Diskul said the competition in the country's big-bike market is heating up, with many players from both Western and Japanese brands taking part.
More importantly, lower import tariffs under the Japan-Thailand EconomicPartnership Agreement (JTEPA), which are set to drop to nothing by year-end, make retail prices for Japanese brands more affordable.
The JTEPAhas entailed cutting the 30% import tariff on big bikes and their parts by five percentage points a year until they are completely eliminated by the end of 2017.

"Thai motorists can enjoy this advantage, with more choices of big bikes," he said. "I understand this is normal in a business cycle, but I still believe Ducati can manage to recover its sales if the company can adjust itself."

Last year,Ducati reported its sales in Thailand dropped sharply by 48.2% to 1,553 units, marking the first contraction for Ducatisti in 13 years.
Since being appointed by the Bologna-based firm in 2003,Ducatisti had seen its sales grow sharply since 2012, with 1,255 motorcycles sold in the Thai market that year, up from 270 units in 2011.
Later in 2013, Ducati sales rose by 88.6% to 2,367 units before surging to 2,772 units sold in 2014.
Ducatisti registered a record high of 2,998 units sold in 2015,up 8.2%.

MLNathasit said with Ducatisti focusing more on introducing new models locally.
The company also plans to reduce its delivery time to Thai buyers from six to seven months to only one to two months.

Ducati plans more attractive pricing for spare parts after Ducatisti announced last year it would give a special 20% discount on related-products.
In addition, transport of parts to its 13Ducati showrooms and service centres should be sped up to less than seven days.
"We have 12,000Ducati's customers and the new marketing campaign and packages are scheduled to kick off in February," said MLNathasit.
The new 2-million-baht flagship store for Ducati merchandise is slated to open this month.
Its wholly-owned manufacturing arm Ducati Motor (Thailand) runs its assembly plant at Rayong's AmataC ity Industrial Estate​

Ducati is a Great Brand but unfortunately let down like most of the Big Bike Brands in Thailand by Poor Dealer and Service Performance! They all start out well until they start selling too many then they can't look after them! They want to Sell and hope to never see You again so when You expect Service or spare parts sadly it isn't there!

I would love a Multistrada. But not worth the price - and the PITA in dealing with parts/service. One to two months for delivery - WTF. Italy is not that far away, aircraft fly pretty quick. No excuse to not have in your hands in 7 days max.

A friend of mine bought a Hyperstrada from the main dealer in Bangkok mid 2016. He ordered some Ducati accessories to be installed at the same time. Nice bike but had some problems with the accessories on our last bike trip. We were heading into Chiang Mai so he went into the Ducati dealer there to see if he could get the items fixed. They would not warranty the accessories because he bought them from a different Ducati dealer. Hmm, you don't always get what you pay for I guess. It will be interesting to see how much the first big service costs him.